Atma Upanishad 3: Verse 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गुरुशिष्यादिभेदेन ब्रह्मैव प्रतिभासते । ब्रह्मैव केवलं शुद्धं विद्यते तत्त्वदर्शने॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

गुरु-शिष्य-आदि-भेदेन । ब्रह्म । एव । प्रतिभासते । ब्रह्म । एव । केवलम् । शुद्धम् । विद्यते । तत्त्व-दर्शने ॥ ३ ॥

Sanskrit recitationAtma Upanishad 3

IAST Transliteration

guruśiṣyādibhedena brahmaiva pratibhāsate | brahmaiva kevalaṃ śuddhaṃ vidyate tattvadarśane ||3||

Translation

ਗੁਰੂ-ਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਯ ਆਦਿ ਦੇ ਭੇਦ ਨਾਲ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਤੱਤ੍ਵ-ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਹੀ—ਕੇਵਲ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ—ਵਿਦ੍ਯਮਾਨ ਹੈ॥੩॥

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Academic Translation

Through the division of guru and disciple and the like, Brahman alone appears. In the vision of truth, Brahman alone—pure and sole—exists.

Verse Context

• Non-duality sublating relational dualities; pedagogical duality (guru–śiṣya) as provisional
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘tat tvam asi’ by dissolving teacher–taught duality into identity in tattva-darśana
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)